Throughout the 2007 season, we will run a story previewing Arizona State's next upcoming opponent through the view of a beat writer covering that team. This week, Angie Machado from BeaverBlitz.com was kind enough to take time out to give Arizona State fans insight into their next opponent, the Oregon State Beavers.

Dennis Erickson said the Cincinnati game was a fluke for Oregon State. Do you agree?

I don't think I would say "fluke," but Oregon State pretty much gave the game away to the Bearcats. The Beaver offense came out flat from the start and never could get in a rhythm. At the end of the first half the score was still in reach at 10-3, with all ten of Cincinnati's points coming immediately following two interceptions by Sean Canfield. The Beavers also missed a field goal during the first half.